This is a quirky and curious rivalry. Between 1908 and 1917 it was played in Galveston, New Orleans, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. It’s lain dormant for years, decades at a time after it has become one-sided, and it’s returned with a fury only to be given up promptly once again when momentum swung back to the other team. After the Aggies’ 46-0 drubbing of the Tigers in 1922, the game was kept out of College Station for 65 years. Before it was rekindled in the 2011 Cotton Bowl, the series sputtered out 16 years earlier after A&M won five consecutive games with an average margin of victory of 18+ points.
The Anticipatory Side of History
